The Power of Words · Death and Life are in the Power of the Tongue

Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

The tongue of the wise useth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out foolishness.

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.

Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles.